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1get — [get] verb got PASTTENSE [gɒt ǁ gɑːt] got PASTPART gotten PASTPART [ˈgɒtn ǁ ˈgɑːtn] getting PRESPART 1 …
2get — [get; ] also, although it is considered nonstandard by some [, git] vt. GOT, gotten, getting: see usage note at GOTTEN got, got [ME geten < ON geta, to get, beget, akin to OE gietan (see BEGET, FORGET), Ger gessen in vergessen, forget < IE… …
3get something out of your system — get someone/something out of your system informal phrase to get rid of a strong wish to do something or strong feelings about someone Rob just let her talk and get it all out of her system. Thesaurus: to show or express emotionssynonym… …
4get it out of your system — informal 1 : to do something that you have been wanting to do so that you no longer feel a strong desire to do it You keep talking about making a cross country trip. I think you just need to do it and get it out of your system. 2 : to get rid of… …
5get your cards — get/be given/your cards british old fashioned phrase to be told by your employer that you no longer have a job Thesaurus: forcing someone and being forced to leave a jobsynonym applying and interviewing for jobshyponym …
6get the push — ► UK INFORMAL WORKPLACE, HR to be told that you no longer have a job, especially because you have done something wrong: »Sounds like he hasn t come to terms with getting the push. Main Entry: ↑push …
7get your card — (or be given your card) Brit : to be told that you no longer have a job Thousands of factory workers have been given their cards [=have been laid off; have lost their jobs] in recent months. • • • Main Entry: ↑card …
8get the elbow — get the ˈelbow idiom (BrE, informal) to be told by sb that they no longer want to have a relationship with you; to be told to go away Main entry: ↑elbowidiom …
9Get a Mac — Mac vs. PC redirects here. For a comparison between operating systems, see comparison of operating systems. John Hodgman as PC and Justin Long as Mac. The Get a Mac campaign is a television advertising campaign created for Apple Inc. by TBWAMedia …
10Get (divorce document) — Part of a series of articles on Jews and Judaism …
